The area near Grimsel Pass is not only an eldorado for rock climbers but also a starting point for large glacier tours in the eastern bernese alps. Across glacier-polished granite rocks the ascent leads along the Grimsel lake, onto the debris-covered Unteraar Glacier and finally up its northern side to the Lauteraar Hut, the basis for numerous glacier hikes and traverses to other huts. Please note that older descriptions of hikes and tours might not be applicable any more as with the frequent recession of glaciers and the thawing of permafrost conditions can be really different by now.

View from the Lauteraar Hut (2392 m) to Finsteraarhorn (4273 m), Agassizjoch (3749 m) and Agassizhorn (3953 m) as well as the Unteraar Glacier which is formed by the 'Finsteraar' Glacier (left) and the 'Unteraar' Glacier (right).